12782. Misbranding of saccharin tablets.    U. S. v. 174 Cards    *    *    *.    (F. D. C.
No. 22244.    Sample No. 72941-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   February 4, 1947, District of Kentucky.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT: On or about January 4, 1947, by the National Specialty 
Company, from Nashville, Tenn.
PRODUCT: 174 cards, each containing 12 envelopes, of saccharin tablets at 
Louisville, Ky. Analysis showed that the product contained an average of 
114 percent of the labeled amount of soluble saccharin per tablet and that 
the average number of tablets in an envelope was 31.
LABEL IN PART: (Cards) "Nasco Brand Saccharin Tablets 35's One Quarter 
Grain"; (envelopes) "Narco Brand   Saccharin Tablets   % Grain Soluble."
NATURE OF CHARGE: Misbranding, Section 403 (e) (2), the article failed to bear 
a label containing an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents, since 
the envelopes bore no statement of the quantity of the contents and the 
statement on the cards "35's" was inaccurate. Further misbranding, Section 
403 (j), the article purported to be, and was represented as, a food for special 
dietary uses by man by reason of the presence of saccharin, a constituent 
which is not utilized in normal metabolism; its label failed to bear such in- 
formation concerning its dietary properties as is prescribed by regulations as 
necessary; and its label failed to bear the statement "Contains—saccharin 
(or saccharin salt, as the case may be), a nonnutritive artificial sweetener 
which should be used only by persons who "must restrict their intake of 
ordinary sweets," the blank to be filled in with the percent by weight of 
saccharin or saccharin salt contained in the article.
Thearticle was alleged also to be adulterated under the provisions of the 
law applicable to drugs, as reported in notices of judgment on drugs and de- 
vices, No. 2109.
DISPOSITION: March 14, 1947. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.